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More than half of Indio residents spend at least a third of their incomes on rent, and for many others housing eats up half of their paycheck INDIO, CA — Indio residents are asking city officials to approve plans for a new housing development that will provide desperately needed affordable apartments in a city where…
Regional planning officials on Nov. 2 awarded $5 million to Lift to Rise to expand its collaborative effort to encourage the construction of new affordable housing in the Coachella Valley. The funding from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) will be added to We Lift: The Coachella Valley’s Housing Catalyst Fund, a pool of…
This month Lift to Rise will recognize key individuals and organizations making meaningful contributions to the collaborative work of increasing housing stability and economic mobility in the Coachella Valley through a new celebratory event: The Community Investment Awards. More than 250 people are expected to attend the inaugural Community Investment Awards, taking place Saturday, Oct.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-California) and the nonprofit Lift to Rise hosted representatives from leading national healthcare, housing, and philanthropic organizations on Capitol Hill on Sept. 21 for a critical conversation on improving federal policy around the intersection of housing and health, a key first step to developing future policy action…
In 2018, Lift to Rise set out on a mission to make a lasting impact in the Coachella Valley by bringing together community and institutional partners to collaboratively solve the underlying causes of poverty and inequity and create a future where all Coachella Valley families are healthy, stable, and thriving.
Cathedral City resident Teresa Perez felt like her world was crumbling around her during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She lost her job as a community liaison at a local school district (which she did not want to name) once schools shut down in March 2020. The pandemic also brought tragedy to the 47-year-old’s…
Last week, results of research from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy showed that a Covid-era rental assistance program administered by the nonprofit served as a crucial stopgap for 35,000 Riverside County households, representing about 120,000 residents.
A new report released today by the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy highlights Riverside County’s $300 million United Lift COVID Rental Assistance Program (United Lift) as a crucial “stopgap” for 35,000 households, representing 120,000 residents, who “benefited greatly” from “lower rates of housing instability and homelessness,” and improved food security and mental health.
United Lift distributed more than $300 million countywide to over 35,000 households, representing 120,000 residents. These critical direct payments helped lower rates of housing instability and homelessness, and improved food security and mental health for participating residents.
Ian Gabriel, director of Data, Policy, and Planning at Lift to Rise, a non-profit focused on housing and affordability in the Coachella Valley, says he doesn’t oppose local golf courses being used for conservation instead of affordable housing production, but stressed the need for local cities to “get creative about what land can be used…